MOVIE REVIEW: "KICK ASS 2... A LIL BIT 2' MUCH KICK ASS, DON'T YOU THINK?!"

Please can somebody indulge me, was the movie Kick Ass supposed to be too...overdramatic in the first place?! 
The first Kick Ass movie was exciting as the audience were entertained as they watched regular New Yorkers intending to rid the city of degenerates and scumbags, adopt super hero alter egos for themselves even when it gets them beat up and humiliated. But this sequel is kind of a different ball game, way too much pointless killings and violence! I think that this movie went a little bit way overboard, and if you ask me, I kinda didn't sign up for this when I became a follower of the Kick Ass series.

Dave Lizewski, Kick Ass, has retired from fighting crime, but his heroic antics having inspired a citywide wave of masked vigilantes prompts Kick-Ass to jump back into action and joins their ranks to help clean up the streets, only to face a formidable challenge when the vengeful Red Mist transforms himself into the world's first super villain. He is rebranded, "the Muthaf*#ka!" 

This however was a fall out of Dave/Kick-Ass and Mindy/Hit Girl noble plan to become a crime-fighting duo but was foiled by Mindy's guardian who was her dad's ex partner with the police, Marcus (Morris Chestnut). Now, as Mindy hangs up her Hit Girl uniform and navigates the treacherous high-school social scene, Kick-Ass begins patrolling the streets with Justice Forever, a fearless group of urban watchdogs fronted by former mob thug Colonel Stars and Stripes (Jim Carrey). 

The Muthaf**ker determined to avenge the death of his late father, who previously perished at the hands of Kick-Ass and Hit Girl recruits a loyal legion of henchmen. Now, as The Mother F**ker and his minions begin targeting the members of Justice Forever.

Kick-Ass 2 received mixed reviews from critics.The review aggregator website, Rotten Tomatoes reported a 28% approval rating with an average rating of 4.7/10 based on 144 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "Kick-Ass 2 falls short in its attempt to emulate the original's unique blend of ultra-violence and ironic humor." However the film has a rating of 72% with the audience. This I very much agree, as one who had watched the previous installment would notice that something went wrong and may be unable to place a finger on where. I believe the movie failed in its attempt at trying to be over exciting and overdramatic while also trying to dazzle the audience who were enjoyed the first installment.

Liam Maguren- “Kick-Ass 2 falls short of the original. It fails to achieve that delicate balance, achieved so well in the original film, of comedy and violence. This film leans more toward drama, tragedy and violence, and less on comedy. It is not a winning formula in this case." 

Robert Roten- "In the end, Kick-Ass 2 just kicks the audience's arse too much, and with too much unnecessary force..."

Kick-Ass 2 is a 2013 British-American superhero action-comedy film based on the comic book of the same name and Hit-Girl, both by Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr., and is the sequel to the 2010 film Kick-Ass, as well as the second installment of the Kick-Ass film series. The film was written and directed by Jeff Wadlow and co-produced by Matthew Vaughn, who directed the first film.

The film was released on 14 August 2013 in the United Kingdom and Ireland and on 16 August in the United States and Canada. Matthew Vaughn's production company, Marv Films, produced the film alongside Universal Pictures.

On the film's United States opening weekend from 16 to 18 August 2013, Kick-Ass 2 opened in fifth place with $13,332,955 behind Lee Daniels' The Butler,We're the Millers, Elysium, and Planes, each in their first and second weekends, respectively. This placed it below industry experts' expectation of around $15 million and studio higher hopes of as much as $19.8 million, in line with the first film.